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I got my beam kit bashed back together from spare bits working fine electrically.... did talk to Jamaica for a minute but not much else working for me. I can hear the East coast talking to Houston but I'm seemingly in a dead zone .... a small beam and 1 Kilo Whiskeys and nada.....I'd tear my...

Good news insurance did cover minus depreciation the antenna. Pulled it down unbent it with some heat and some replacement hardware bits and spares. It's ugly but it's back up and seems to working. I'll set that money aside for a new one if this one comes apart as it may do ultimately.

One of the other perhaps benefits of the VQs are you can kind of best of both worlds with the polarization of the signal. IE if you're trying to talk vertical / mobile or omnidirectional guys or horizontal (flat side) to yagi beam guys..... the m103/04 so on is either or (vertical or horizontal)...

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That's mounting height of the beam IE @ this height vs that chart. IDK why our experts are sitting back watching me flounder about lol

Either way I'm sure you would enjoy either antenna.

http://www.dx-antennas.com/Height%20versus%20take%20off%20angle.htm

No, the takeoff angle references the radiation pattern and the angle at which I believe it hits the ionosphere and is bounced back toward earth (someone more technically minded here correct me if I am wrong) of which the angle of the VQUAD / VQ3 series has a superior angle for longer distance...

I'm afraid your figures on gain are incorrect. Add in the higher take off angle the VQ3 should outperform the M104 on long distance skip.

Yes. I absolutely loved it till storm got it. There's a few different threads about the VQ3 on forum.

No I heard only JJ, California and Jamaica

Heard @unit_399 calling on 27.385 but Imax wasn't enough to get back to him. Beams down from that tornado that dead centered me. I hollered back but no bueno.

Cleaned up revised shack. Can't compete with others per say as I share desk space with the wife lol so I'm limited.

VQ3 has a redesigned mounting system with strong "collars" for the elements. I had no issue with any shifting.

I had the VQ3 till a windstorm snapped my weak rotor and threw it to the ground. Loved that thing once I got it sorted. People thought I was on a much more expensive beam. (I have no locals so everything was skip) Then a tornado hit me last week and wiped my VQUAD (among other house and vehicle...

Yes.Troll the police into pulling over then whoopsie, no radio. Could definitely see that happening. Then watch the police tear his vehicle apart on the side of the road looking for said radio..... whoopsie both ways lol

Well with the new pushed forward legislation, cars computers and cameras and internal microphones from ostensibly safety and convenience tech packages that spy on you and report back to data centers that recycle your information to insurance companies etc (govt too if course if said entities...

Yeah they likely won't but I'll try.